Three species of Taraxacum Weber new to science are reported from the
region of Lago di Garda in northern Italy. Taraxacum amplexum Sonck, r
elated to the Subalpinum group of the sect. Palustria, was found on th
e mountain La Rocca near Garda and on the slopes of Monte Baldo near M
alcesine. Two species, T. rigidipes Sonck and T. bidentilobum Sonck, o
f the sect. Ruderalia, were collected from Malcesine.